Just great!!! Some moron mistakes a cell phone for a gun, the store gets locked down and the talker gets taken out of his vehicle at gun point. Very scary since I almost always sit in the WM parking lot while the wife goes in and usually talk on the phone.

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After identifying the vehicle and person in question, Hughes said a decision was made on the scene for police to attempt contact. They were able to communicate with him and he voluntarily exited the vehicle. No weapon was found and the individual was taken into custody without incident less than 20 minutes after police arrived on scene.

The individual was talking on a cell phone at the time of the incident. It's likely that is the object the passerby identified as a gun.

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FIRE EVERYONE and then CALM THE AGING IDIOT WHO CALLED 9-11 AND EDUCATE THEM PROPERLY. For Pete's sake, the world has gone mad. This is yet another reason why we need to start to actively open carry and fire the police. NOW. Folks had better wake the hell up, before it's too late!

They took him into custody for committing no crime. Only in AMERIKKKA.

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I'd be having a serious "Come to Jesus Meeting" with both the Walfart staff and the moron who made the initial call in.......

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“A top US lawmaker unveiled legislation on Wednesday to protect individuals who tip off authorities to potential extremist threats from lawsuits, in the event that they turn out to finger innocents,” reports AFP.
House Homeland Security Chairman King, who is pushing the “See Something, Say Something Act,” wants to shield “good citizens who report suspicious activity” from facing the consequences of misidentifying innocent behavior as extremism or terror.

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Hmmm.... well, there are 'ways' to make those consequences stick, if some idiot acts out of hand and screws someone's life over. Doesn't have to be illegal either...... now 'underhanded', yeah.
People really need to THINK before opening that can of worms against others.

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I helped shut down the local walmart one night when someone saw a guy put a gun in his belt in the parking lot. Had to search the whole gd store with six guys because some sheep panicked over the sight of a pistol. The guy had a license and came up and talked to us when it was over. He figured out that he caused someone to panic

if some idiot acts out of hand and screws someone's life over. Doesn't have to be illegal either...... now 'underhanded', yeah.

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It's my understanding the "accused" is not privy to any personally identifiable information regarding the "informant". I don't believe the "accused" has any right to a copy of the report regardless of whether s/he is willing to pay the associated fee from the records department and that FOIs will not be honored.... homeland security and all ya know....

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I might have to reconsider shopping at WalMart. News story doing the rounds last week was about 4 employees got fired at a WalMart(don't know what state, but the town was Layton). Why? They disarmed a gunman.

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Had a guy open carrying a pistol (legal here) at Walmart a while back and besides a lot of people looking at him funny the police were not called and there were no problems. FYI, this Walmart is in a small town, pop. 8K, and most of the people that shop there are from small towns in the area and the country. There is another WM not too far away in the biggest town in the area, pop. 77K, and I guarantee that the sheeple there would have panicked in the store and the police would have been called in.

IMO what this guy did and others that want to exercise their open carry rights are not too bright. Why cause unnecessary panic when you can carry concealed with a permit and still have your element of surprise.

"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws." - Ayn Rand

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How can you be tried by your peers when 90% of the people are not your peers. - MM

I might have to reconsider shopping at WalMart. News story doing the rounds last week was about 4 employees got fired at a WalMart(don't know what state, but the town was Layton). Why? They disarmed a gunman.

This happened in Layton, Utah... North of Salt Lake City, and just south of Ogden.... My son, used to work for that store when he was in college.... He liked it, but always said the Management Policies, SUCKED...

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These law enforcement officers had better grow a brain! A call out of the blue with no one on site to confirm the charges?This is not the way to collect retirement! The police have a big enough problem with PR, Disposable cells will make life bad for this and any other Wally world that supports this policy let alone the PDs.

I don't see where the PD didn't do the right thing. The prosecutor cut the deal and the judge sanctioned it. Wally policies are liberal and designed to limit the corporate liability. If one of those employees was injured or worse, there is one (or more) family(ies) that would be in pretty good shape financially, tho' left with a hole that might not be filled with money.

Now lets see, An unknown person calls in a reported crime in progress??? No wait a minute the crime has not happened yet or was there even one about to take place?? So the police arrive on scene and since nothing happened arrested,detained ect ect..a person untill enuf research could be done to find something to file charges with. Welcome to pre crime Amerkia where everyone is guilty of something.